1897 Brown Bears football team

1897 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
CaptainDave Fultz
Home stadiumAdelaide Park
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   15 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 2
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   10 – 1 – 1
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 0 – 2
Lafayette   –   9 – 2 – 1
Drexel   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Dickinson   –   7 – 3 – 2
Swarthmore   –   7 – 3 – 2
Fordham   –   2 – 1 – 1
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
  –   7 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 3 – 1
Wesleyan   –   8 – 7 – 0
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 3 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   6 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   3 – 5 – 2
Villanova   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Amherst   –   2 – 6 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 2
Lehigh   –   3 – 7 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 5 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 3 – 0

The 1897 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1897 college football season.[1] Led by Wallace Moyle in his third and final season as head coach, Brown compiled a record of 7–4. The team's captain was Dave Fultz.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2TuftsProvidence, RIW 24–0[2]
October 9Boston University
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 44–0[3]
October 13at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 20–4[4]
October 16Wesleyan
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 24–12[5]
October 20at Yale
L 14–182,000[6]
October 23at Harvard
L 0–188,000[7][8]
October 30Penn
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 0–40[9]
November 6at Newton Athletic AssociationNewton Centre, MAW 24–0[10]
November 13vs. Carlisle
W 18–141,500–3,000[11][12]
November 202:55 p.m.at Army
L 0–422,000[13][14]
November 25Wesleyan
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 12–42,000[15]

References

  1. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Brown 24, Tufts 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Brown 44, Boston University 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Brown 20, Andover 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1897. p. 9. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Brown 24, Wesleyan 12". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "On The Football Field". The Meridien Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 21, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Fierce Onslaughts: Brown's Line Was Unable to Withstand Harvard's Determined Rushes". The Boston Globe. October 24, 1897. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.(attendance 8,000 at Soldiers Field)
  8. ^ "Harvard's Football Giants Keep Brown From Scoring: Crimson's Men Piled Up 18 Points, and Their Line Was Impenetrable". Boston Post. October 24, 1897. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  9. ^ "And Now The Great Brown Team Falls Before Penn To The Tune Of 40 Points". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1897. p. 10. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "All In One Half". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1897. p. 20. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Brown Kicks To Victory". The Sun. New York, New York. November 14, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Brown 18, Carlisle 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "West Point Cadets Beat Brown, 42 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 21, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Easy For West Point". The Sun. New York, New York. November 21, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Brown Wins Another". The Buffalo Courier-Record. Buffalo, New York. November 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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